Juvenilia are literary,^[1] musical or artistic works produced by authors during their youth. Written juvenilia, if published at all, usually appear as retrospective publications, some time after the author has become well known for later works.

The term was first recorded in 1622 inGeorge Wither's poetry collectionIvvenilia. Later, other notable poets, such asJohn Dryden andAlfred, Lord Tennyson, came to use the term for collections of their early poetry.The stories and poems which novelist Jane Austen wrote before the age of eighteen are called herJuvenilia.^{[citation needed]}

Exceptions to retrospective publication includeLeigh Hunt's collectionJuvenilia, first published when he was still in his teens; andLord Byron's publication ofFugitive Pieces when the author was only 17 years old, and his subsequent publication ofHours of Idleness at the age of 18. In these early pieces, Byron explores many of the themes that would shape his later works.^{[citation needed]}

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